Turning clients into advocates | Half-day training workshop
Where does the majority of your new business come from? For most design agencies the answer is almost always ‘referrals’. If this is the case for you, then why not focus more of your marketing and business development efforts on promoting referrals from existing clients and advocates, rather than solely on generating new (mostly cold) business opportunities?
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Pension auto enrolment
By KPMG Small Business Accounting
KPMG Small Business Accounting offers useful advice to ensure compliance and a smooth set-up of ‘pension auto enrolment’ for your design business.
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Discussing deals informally
By Matthew Hills, Humphries Kirk LLP
The intention to establish legal relations is an important part of creating a contract. But what happens if the deal was discussed informally and not confirmed in writing? Humphries Kirk explore the legalities.
Call for evidence: Design and the UK’s Industrial Strategy
By DBA and APDIG
To secure the best outcome for design in the Government's Industrial Strategy, the DBA and APDIG are calling on the sector to share their views.
The British Design Fund
By DBA and The British Design Fund
The British Design Fund is an investment fund that invests in and provides support for early stage UK product design and manufacturing companies. It seeks to invest between £25,000 and £150,000 in return for circa 15% to 30% equity.
MIddle-weight Designer - Front Page
Front Page
We’re looking for a middle-weight designer to join our team. Are you friendly and enthusiastic? Are you keen to learn? Are you ambitious for your team as well as yourself; enough to always keep pushing? Do you love graphic design so much that it’s not just what you do for a living, it’s what you do for fun, every chance you get?
- Location:
- Glasgow
- Posted date:
- 08/03/2017
Senior/middleweight graphic designer - Studio MB
Studio MB
Studio MB, a specialist design agency based in Edinburgh, is looking for a passionate and imaginative graphic designer to join its evolving creative team.
We are a leading exhibition design company working with museums, heritage destinations and brand environments throughout the UK and abroad. We create meaningful, immersive experiences that live long in the memory of all those who visit. We continue to win new projects of national and international significance and so need to expand our design team. This is an excellent opportunity to develop your creative skills, as no two projects are ever the same!
Whether your experience comes from retail, exhibition, branding or packaging design, we’re looking for someone who can fill the gap, even if you’re crossing over from another discipline. You will need to demonstrate an ability to produce emotive designs, each requiring a fresh and innovative approach and will work closely with the directors and design principal to craft engaging designs that really wow our existing clients and help us win new work.
Doing everything on a project from initial design concepts to final artwork, you’ll need not only great ideas, but also great attention to detail to make sure all the graphic communications are perfect.
We are looking for someone who:
has an outstanding breadth of work and an exceptional portfolio
pushes creativity and innovation
is capable of taking a brief from initial concept to final output
works with detail, consistency and accuracy
understands how people think, interact and engage with your design solutions
is able to coordinate with clients as well as a broad range of other team members – graphic designers, 3D designers, film-makers, lighting and AV designers, contractors and architects
has excellent communication skills
able to take creative direction and feedback
demonstrates strong time management and organisational skills; is able to deliver projects on schedule and within a budget
has an in depth knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop)
- Location:
- Edinburgh
- Posted date:
- 06/03/2017
Senior Graphic Designer - The Allotment
The Allotment
We are looking for a brilliant senior designer to join our award winning team. If you have proven experience of delivering astounding brand ideas, that cut-through, to meet client objectives then we should have a chat.
You will be able to tell a clever and compelling story, visually and verbally, with absolute clarity, that touches the hearts and minds of the people you are trying to influence.
You will be ambitious, and your work is likely to have won awards for its ability to translate a commercial strategy into an inspiring creative direction. Achieving this takes a sharp mind and a hunger to push your’s and the clients boundaries.
With exceptional craft skills you will also be a team player (without ego) that can support and coach our junior team, get the best out of them and help them grow.
If you have the right experience (a min of 5+ years) and have worked at a top brand agency then please send your portfolio, CV and a covering note as to why you think you would be suitable.
- Location:
- London
- Posted date:
- 06/03/2017
DBA Design Effectiveness Awards: 2017 winners announced
By Design Business Association
DBA Design Effectiveness Awards celebrate 42 impactful, wide-ranging examples of design that have had a tangible and measurable effect upon business success at our 2017 ceremony.
What can a Non-Executive Director do for me?
By Adrian Day
Need an alternative view on a big decision? Want to raise your consultancy’s profile? Planning for a sale? Developing a new vision and strategy and need to test it? Is there an impasse between the executive directors that needs unblocking? Concerned no-one is scrutinising your accounts?
A non-executive director (NED) can help the leadership team address these challenges and more. Adrian looks at what a good NED actually does, and how you go about appointing one.
